Horseshoe.



No, 735,322. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

H. & P.-S. WALKER & J. HAMER. HORSESHOE.

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HORSESHOB.

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()FFICE.

HENRY WALKER, PERCY SIDNEY WALKER, AND JOHN HAMER, OF

CHARLTON, ENGLAND.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,322, dated August 4, 1903.

- Application filed Oetober 20, 1902. Serial No. 128.072. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRYHWALKER, PERCY SIDNEY WALKER, and J 0H1 HAMER, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Oharlton, in the county of Kent, England,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the f01- lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in and connected with horseshoes, and has for its'object cold shoeing and the'provision of means for preventing the destroying of the animals hoof through the practice of too often.

removing the shoe therefrom.

A further object of our invention is to provide means for securely fixingin position on the horseshoe special wearing-surfaces-such as detachable protectors, calks, roughing attachments, or the like-which may be easily and quickly removed and fixed in' position again as required without having to remove the horseshoe from the animals hoof.

In carrying our invention into practice we provide a horseshoe constructed of three or more pieces, which ,piecesare hinged or pivoted together. In conjunction with this sectional shoe we provide removable protectors or calks and roughing attachments capable of being securely fastened by slotted setscrews, which are locked by split pins.

In order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein- I Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved shoes shown independently. Fig. 2 is a side elevational View thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevational view. Fig. 4. is a front elevational view of the form of our improved protector or calk adapted for attachment to the toe of the shoe. Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of 011I improved protector or calk adapted for attachment to the heel of the shoe. Fig. 6 is a view of the screw-stud we employfor securing the protectors or calks in position on the shoe. Fig. 7 is a view of a modified form of securing-stud. Fig. 8 is a view of a split pin which is used in conjunction with the securing-stud for holding the protectors or calks securely in position. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the snowcalk or roughing attachment we employ in frosty weather. Fig. 10 is a side elevational view thereof. Fig. 11 is a plan view of our improved horseshoe fitted with our improved protectors or calks ready for'use. Fig. 12 is a side view thereof, while'Fig. 13 is a section upon line A B of Fig. 11.

. washer 4 and also the pivoted ends of the sections 1 and 2 are preferably tinned or plated to prevent the hinged joint becoming locked by rust. A mitered, dovetailed, or other groove 5 is cut in the toe portion 1 of the horseshoe,aud

similar grooves 6 are cut in the-heel portions 2 thereof. These grooves are arranged to receive removable protecting pieces or calks 7, which protecting pieces or calks are provided with miters or dovetails 8, such miters or dovetails corresponding with the grooves 6, out in the horseshoe proper. These calks 7 are secured to the horseshoe proper by means of the special studs 9, which studs are screwthreaded for the greater port-ion'of their length and terminate at their inner ends in a'pin of reduced diameter, 10. The said studs 9 are. provided with longitudinal slots ll and are arranged to be screwed into tapped openings in the calks 7, the reduced inner end taking into a hole or recess 12 in the horseshoe ,-proper. Split pins 13 are provided, which split pins pass through holes l t in the calks 7 and through the slots 11 in the studs 9, thus preventing the studs from working loose through vibration or from other causes. In snowy or frosty weather the ordinary calks 7 may be removed and the roughing attachment (illustrated by Figs. 9 and- 10) utilized in place thereof. M

It will be understood that We may construct our horseshoe in any number of convenient hinged sections and of any suitable material. We may also, if desirable, strengthen those parts of the shoe proper which carry the calks and reduce the thickness of the other portions of the shoe proper correspondingly. It is also obvious that our improved calks may be applied to horseshoes con structed in one'piece.

.In the event of it being desirable to employ calks of a material such as india-rubber we employ the stud 16 (illustrated by Fig. 7) for securing such calk to the shoe proper. This stud 16 is of similar construction to the stud 9, except that the main portion of such stud is left plain and the inner reduced end 17 is screw-threaded and arranged to engage with a tapped opening in the shoe proper. It will be understood that the shoe properis attached to the hoof of the horse by means of nails in the ordinary manner, except that by means of its sectional construction the shoe can be fitted to the hoof cold.

What we claim as ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In horses shoes the combination with an inner shoe and removable wearing-surfaces ar-.

ranged to be carried by said inner shoes; of

stud screw-threaded for the greater portion 4 of its length and terminating in a pin of reduced diameter on its inner end, said stud operating in conjunction with a tapped opening in the removable wearing-surface and a hole or recess in the inner shoe and being held securely in position by means of a split pin passing through a transverse hole in the removable Wearing-surface and the slot of said stud substantially as specified.

HENRY WALKER. PERCY SIDNEY WALKER. JOHN HAMER. Witnesses:

HERBERT L. CHURCH,

JOSEPH HENRY BAGGETT. 

